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Colombia's Rappi to lay off ~300 employees, in rude awakening to new 2020 reality

Contxto – Say goodbye to the long-lived era of massive growth. Profitability is 2020's fashion trend. Rappi, Latin America's role...

January 10, 2020

Crypto-exchange Daexs suspends service, user overload is the culprit

Contxto – Colombians continue to warm up to cryptocurrencies. However, for Daexs, it became more than it could handle. The...

January 10, 2020

Chilean Inti-Tech's solar panel robots are cleaning up a secretly dirty industry's act

Contxto – Photovoltaic solar panels supposedly boast giving clean energy. But they have a dirty secret: they need to be...

January 10, 2020

Uber strikes back. Colombia's ban of the ride-hailing app to be appealed

Contxto – The saga continues. And like a Disney-backed, spinoff-sequel, the questionable decisions are starting to pile up. You remember...

January 9, 2020

Brazilian PEBMED's apps are an encyclopedia for doctors on the go

Contxto – Healthcare is constantly evolving to reach new heights. And as a result, doctors need the most updated and...

January 9, 2020

Chile's construction cloud-software startup, Calidad Cloud, becomes a regional player in spite of dark clouds ahead

Contxto – Like an asteroid looming ominously in the distance, it is weird to think that a regional economic slowdown...

January 9, 2020

Innóvate Perú tags US$19 million for its startup ecosystem in 2020

Contxto – The government of Peru has an initial PEN$63 million (nearly US$19 million) set to stimulate its startup scene....

January 9, 2020

How being a Product Manager means creating internal startups in a company: Head of Product at Despegar

Today we had our Morning Coffee with Franco Fagioli, Head of Product and UX at Despegar Contxto – What does...

January 9, 2020

World Bank reveals 3 best and worst countries in Latam to do business

Contxto – The verdict's out and the World Bank has passed its judgement. This non-governmental organization (NGO) released its Doing...

January 8, 2020

Brazilian Prosumir raises US$370,000 for solution that fights energy waste

Contxto – Brazilian Prosumir is making history with equity crowdfunding platform, EqSeed. Why? Because this startup is the first on...

January 8, 2020